Diverse Jul Dig That Crazy Santa Claus Vinyl

Lovingly culled from the golden age of mid-century Rhythm & Blues including songs never before available on LP, this 26-track set collection of good-timing Christmas-centric numbers will have everyone raising a cup of cheer.The music runs the full spectrum and is, by turns, exquisitely expressive—hear the chilling “Christmas in Heaven,” by Billy Ward & his Dominoes with R&B idol Jackie Wilson and “Just a Lonely Christmas’ by the Moonglows & Harvey Fuqua—and red hot, with stomping workouts like Big Bud’s “Rock Around the Christmas Tree,” The Hepsters’ “Rockin’ & Rollin’ with Santa Claus” and Jimmy Butler’s “Trim Your Tree.”It also goes way, way off the beaten track with Babs Gonzales’ frosty, hepwise proto-rap charmers “Be Bop Santa Claus,” “Watch Them Resolutions” and unforgettably brings the reason for the season with stunning spiritual “No Room in the Hotel,” by the Chosen Gospel Singers, featuring youthful powerhouse Lou Rawls.